Cultural Competence in Health Care and Its Implications for Pharmacy discusses discrepancies in care due to differing cultures and ethnicities‚ along with possible solution to alleviate them. Many cultural beliefs influences healthcare decisions. This may limit possible treatment options or even if you can give them treatment at all. Health care discrepancies are on the rise for minority groups. Data shows that minority groups are more at risk for illness for many reasons. For example; lower vaccination
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website defines cultural competence as: "A set of congruent behaviors‚ attitudes and policies that come together as a system‚ agency or among professionals and enable that system‚ agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The word "culture" is used because it implies the integrated pattern of human thoughts‚ communications‚ actions‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ values and institutions of a racial‚ ethnic‚ religious or social group. The word competence is used because it implies
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relatives whom rely more on mass media. Those who are more media reliant will influence the agenda of the less-media reliant through conversations. A local random survey using a novel reliance measure was matched with a wide-ranging media content analysis. No differences in public agenda were found between the two information reliance groups. The findings induced a reconstruction on how news and public affairs information travel
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Alissa Jane D. Madlangsakay CpE 4B Reaction Paper: The Core Movie Watching a science fiction film was always tricky. For a viewer to enjoy a sci-fi film the narrative must atleast be able to explain the scientific concepts in a simple‚ crystal clear manner. The Core’s script did perfectly well. Also‚ I recently acquired further knowledge about the Earth’s interior so I found myself having no difficulty on understanding and acknowledging the geological facts in the story. Despite basic
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Cognitive Competence Wai (Synergy) Content Part 1 1. Definition cognitive competence P.3-4 2. Theory of cognitive competence P.5-8 3. Factors affecting cognitive competence P.9-10 4. Importance of cognitive competence in leadership P.11-12 5. Ways to enhance the level of cognitive competence P.13-14 Part 2 Self evaluation P.15-17 Part 3 Reference P.18-19 Part 1 Definition of cognitive competence 1. Cognitive competence is defined
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The Individualist concept of culture refers to being more self-centered and emphasize mostly on their individual goals. People from individualistic cultures tend to think only of themselves as individuals and as "I" distinctive from other people. They prefer clarity in their conversations to communicate more effectively and come in general directly to the point. People in individualistic cultures emphasize their success/achievements in job or private wealth and aiming up to reach more and/or a
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All humans have the ability to be competent at something‚ whether it’s tying a knot‚ or solving a calculus equation. I regard competence as being one of the most essential traits in life. Competence goes a long way in our lives‚ especially when having to apply previously learned tactics to employ new ones. Throughout my life‚ I’ve experienced both competence and incompetence. One of the times that I experienced incompetence was when I began to run in my freshmen year of High School. Having played
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Competence and compellability of witnesses * A person to give evidence in court has to be legally competent‚ subject to the rules of admissibility. * A witness is compelled to give evidence‚ even if it’s against his will. * Failure to do so will result in contempt of court. However it is also contempt of court for a witness to refuse without lawful authority to answer questions put to him. * The modern test for the competence of witnesses varies‚ depending what type of case it
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February 4‚ 2011 Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy Practice To be culturally competent physical therapists need to understand their own world view and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge (cross‚ et al. 1989). Therapists must take into account eight characteristics that involve the dimensions of diversity: age‚ race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ mental and physical activity‚ religion and socioeconomic status. But before they
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Review of Literature Strategic competence‚ which is one of the major components of communicative competence‚ is‚ as a number of researchers believe‚ widely neglected by language course books and teachers. This component is relevant to one’s mother and target languages‚ for communication breakdowns might occur in both situations and they must be overcome. Yet it is of crucial importance for foreign language learners because it involves strategies to be used whenever communication is difficult. To
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